Chapter 11121120 [Black and the Man in Black]
Jiang Xia responded first, then remembered something: "Rice Flower Park?"... Not a school?
"Yes, they are holding a 'running event' today. The children will start from Beika Park, go to Beika Shopping Street to buy the items on the list, and then return."
Mao Lilan obviously knew more about the inside story. She smiled and said, "My dad doesn't want to go because he's bored. Unfortunately, he's the only adult in the family who can be a guardian. He should be hiding in a corner and sleeping lazily now."
"Oh, this activity sounds good and has educational significance." Jiang Xia felt better.
Moreover, "Rice Flower Park" and "Rice Flower Shopping Street" sound very prosperous, and it is obviously easier to meet some interesting people and have some interesting things happen. It is much more pleasant to the ear than "primary school" which is an insulator:
"Then go over and take a look quickly."
…
The two of them went all the way to Rice Flower Park.
There were many parents gathered in twos and threes, chatting happily in low voices, waiting for their children to come back after buying the things on the list.
However, Kogoro Mouri had no interest in communicating and was sleeping on the bench.
Mao Lilan strode over and pulled her father up by his ears: "Is this how you act as a guardian?"
"It hurts, it hurts!" Maori Kogoro woke up from his dream, and when he saw it was her, he yawned faintly, "Those kids think I'm a nuisance following them - and the shopping street is only 500 meters away. They run around Tokyo all day, and now they're just being a cameraman for another kid, which is more than enough. What does it matter if I follow them or not?"
As he said this, Kogoro Mouri wiped the saliva from his sleep, picked up his headphones, selected a channel, and lay down happily again, basking in the sun while listening to the news about horse racing.
Dr. Agasa was also there.
Seeing Jiang Xia and Mao Lilan, he moved closer to chat with them: "Don't worry, some children don't have enough self-control and will run around everywhere. It is probably because the child named 'Xiaohong' they are responsible for also went to play somewhere else, so he came back so late."
Jiang Xia nodded, hesitated for a moment, and took out his phone:
"It would be bad if they get lost. I'll ask them where they are."
He called Huihara Ai after saying that. Although he didn't say it explicitly, the word "want to get involved" was clearly written in his eyes.
Professor Agasa and Ran Mouri didn't think much about Jiang Xia's appearance when they saw her.
They remember that when Jiang Xia was a child, he didn't seem to have many common topics with his peers. He always stayed alone in a corner, looking very cold.
The few times they played together were when Jiang Xia passed by and Kudo Yukiko saw him with her sharp eyes and took him over to play with them.
The two of them thought silently: It must be because he lacked a childhood, so now Jiang Xia likes to be close to the Junior Detective Team so much - he probably wants to make up for all the fun he didn't have in the past.
Dr. Agasa: "..." But those kids seem to be a little afraid of Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia is obviously very friendly to them... It seems that I need to create more opportunities for the kids to interact with each other in the future.
Dr. Agasa thought confidently that as long as the children had more contact with him, they would be able to deeply appreciate Jiang Xia’s gentle and tolerant character, and his consideration for the young and the old!
…
A few hundred meters away.
Huiyuan Ai quickly answered the phone: "Jiang Xia?"
She was a little confused and wondered why Jiang Xia suddenly came to find her.
The next second, Huiyuan Ai suddenly thought of something. She instinctively pulled out a hat from her bag and put it on to cover her hair, while secretly looking around, worried that there were suspicious men in black hiding nearby, and Jiang Xia was about to give her some reminders.
In the park.
Jiang Xia walked away as if nothing had happened, to avoid Mao Lilan and Dr. Agasa from hearing his voice. He whispered to Huihara Ai: "Are you still playing that 'running errands game'?"
After all, there is a strong friendship between Conan and Hattori Heiji.
Jiang Xia always felt that if he called Conan directly, there was a chance that he would not be able to get the truth - it would be better to go directly to Haibara Ai.
…
On the other side of the phone, Haibara Ai breathed a silent sigh of relief when she heard that it was not about the organization.
Although she was puzzled as to why Jiang Xia was suddenly interested in elementary school students' activities, she still answered seriously:
"The event isn't over yet - the kid we're filming named 'Xiao Hong' can't seem to find the corresponding store, and up until now, he's only bought one item on the list. It'll definitely be some time before he can buy everything and return to the park."
Jiang Xia listened carefully to the background noise and found that the environment on the other end of the phone was quite normal and Huihara Ai's tone was also very steady. It really didn't seem like a crime scene.
So he asked a more concerned question: "Has Hattori gone to find Conan?"
Huiyuan Ai was startled.
She remembered that Conan had been talking back and forth between Jiang Xia and Hattori Heiji, and finally understood why Jiang Xia called her.
There was a little more smile in the corners of Huiyuan Ai's eyes. Although Hattori Heiji was also evil, it was better for Jiang Xia to play with such a harmless high school student than to hang out with the evil-hearted guys in the organization:
"Don't worry, he never came. Even if he did, Hiro has been running around the block, and Kudo is worried about him - he definitely won't have time to entertain the Osaka guest for you before the event is over..."
Halfway through her words, Haibara Ai's breathing suddenly stagnated and she abruptly stopped talking.
The next second, Jiang Xia vaguely heard a loud noise through the phone, like countless metals hitting the ground.
"What happened?" Jiang Xia was startled and asked the question he had wanted to ask for a long time, "Where are you now?"
…
Although they also participated in the errand-running activity, the Junior Detective Team’s task today was not to compete in errand-running, but to serve as a “follow-up team”.
The boy they are in charge of, Hirokawa Hiro, is a playful kid.
After leaving Beika Park, Xiaohong did not go directly to the shopping street. Instead, he ran to an open space near his home alone with a Kamen Rider figurine, played happily by himself for a while, and then went for a walk around the nearby abandoned buildings.
During this period, the Junior Detective Team lost track of him several times due to traffic and red light obstacles.
It was not until just now that the Junior Detective Team saw Xiaohong from a distance outside the abandoned building and were able to continue following him.
After that, Xiaohong seemed to have had enough fun, and finally came to the Beika Shopping Street quietly and began to try to buy the items on the list.
…
Jiang Xia called at this time.
When Haibara Ai answered the phone, Conan instinctively glanced over and found that the caller was Jiang Xia.
He was immediately relieved.
——Going out with Jiang Xia certainly makes you lose a lot of the fun of solving puzzles. But compared to playing with children, Conan still prefers playing with people of the same age.
Although he didn't know why Jiang Xia didn't come to find him, but called Huihara Ai instead, Conan already expected Jiang Xia and Xiaolan to come over soon, so that he could worry about the naughty kid with them.
(End of this chapter)
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